24.05.2005 Detained bookseller and cyber-dissident charged with possession of a pistol
Reporters Without Borders today reiterated its call for the immediate release of former bookseller Abdel Razak Al Mansouri, saying he is almost certainly being held because of his articles on the Internet criticising the Libyan regime although he is officially charged with unauthorized possession of a pistol.
"This man’s imprisonment is arbitrary even if you were to give credence to the charge brought against him," the press freedom organization said.
"How can the Libyan authorities justify holding someone secretly for more than five months on such a charge?" the organization asked. "In this type of case, the defendant should be released while awaiting trial. On the basis of the information we have, this charge just seems to be a pretext for silencing a dissident." |
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